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Middle of the Night Snack: Better Sleep

Because of restricted calories for weight-loss goals, hunger used to keep me awake in the middle of the night. Now I budget calories for a nutrition bar during a middle of the night wake-up. I fall right back to sleep afterwards.

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In case you haven't heard, the whole "can't eat before sleeping" myth has been disproved by research. Calories eaten before sleep are metabolized exactly the same as calories taken any other time of the day.

My recumbet bike

I am a reader with my kindle when I ride my bike I get lost in my book and forget had long I've been riding way I don't feel any quilt about reading instead of doing something else. I am retired so I am lucky I can exercise and read when I want to even in the middle of the night.

To Sleep Better: Don't Check Email at Night

For awhile, having my email accessible right by the bed, I would check new mail during a middle-of-the-night wake-up. What a mistake! Several times, the content of an email would get my mind whirling leading to sleeplessness. Therefore, I now refuse to look at email from bedtime to wakeup time in the morning and my sleep has been much better as a result. 102

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